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  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    Jared O'Mara?
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758

    Remain

    nichomar said:

    On our way to Southampton from North Wales today for our cruise tomorrow we encountered ovehead road signs warning that HGV travelling to Europe from the first November will need new documentation

    As we drove through Oxford, passed the huge car plants, lots of HGV's were delivering from across the EU in a vivid demonstration of 'just in time' manufacturng

    In our hotel I read Jo Swinson affirms she will not support Corbyn under any circumstances as he is unfit to be PM and said the same about Boris

    I have backed brexit though I voted remain but unless a deal happens in July I want this madness bringing to a halt with either a referendum or even revoke as supported by Jo

    And I said I would not comment before I return from holiday but Jo's rejection of Corbyn, and the evidence I have witnessed today has prompted me to comment

    Will catch up in early October

    Have a nice holiday! :smile: The news is terrible on a daily basis at the moment, so forget about it and enjoy the moment!
    I intended to do so but it does make it real and we need a deal
    We have a decent deal with the EU, complete with four opt outs (so does Denmark and they don't take leaving seriously).

    Anything since 2016 that's been called a 'deal' is massively worse in the economic consequences for the left-behind people who moaned loudly about their unhappy lot, upset the applecart and voted against the govt in 2016.

    MPs are representatives and not delegates. So get off your arses and show some leadership in being tough on Brexit and tough on its causes. Also stop prattling on about 'respecting' a fraudulent vote which ironically would have been nullified if the referendum had been officially 'binding' but depends on MPs as it was advisory. Thank you so much.
    +1 I agree.
    +1 but we were unable to sell it to the masses that wanted bendy bananas
    Remainer lies were no longer believed by enough people.

    That's part of the issue and the other is that everyone is an individual with their own desires and experiences.

    What the establishment should have done was make membership of the EU work for all the people of this country.

    But they wanted all the benefits for themselves and didn't care if others lost out.
    Remain didn’t lie. Leave did.

    That’s going to be the problem for UK for a generation!
    Remain “I promise to implement the results of the referendum”
  • dyedwooliedyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    justin124 said:

    Jared O'Mara?

    Lds wouldn't take him
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    justin124 said:

    Jared O'Mara?

    🤣🤣🤣
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    Please tell me you’re not relying on the National Enquirer to represent anything?
  • surbiton19surbiton19 Posts: 1,469
    Charles said:

    Remain

    nichomar said:

    On our way to Southampton from North Wales today for our cruise tomorrow we encountered ovehead road signs warning that HGV travelling to Europe from the first November will need new documentation

    As we drove through Oxford, passed the huge car plants, lots of HGV's were delivering from across the EU in a vivid demonstration of 'just in time' manufacturng

    In our hotel I read Jo Swinson affirms she will not support Corbyn under any circumstances as he is unfit to be PM and said the same about Boris

    I have backed brexit though I voted remain but unless a deal happens in July I want this madness bringing to a halt with either a referendum or even revoke as supported by Jo

    And I said I would not comment before I return from holiday but Jo's rejection of Corbyn, and the evidence I have witnessed today has prompted me to comment

    Will catch up in early October

    Have a nice holiday! :smile: The news is terrible on a daily basis at the moment, so forget about it and enjoy the moment!
    I intended to do so but it does make it real and we need a deal
    We have a decent deal with the EU, complete with four opt outs (so does Denmark and they don't take leaving seriously).

    Anything since 2016 that's been called a 'deal' is massively worse in the economic consequences for the left-behind people who moaned loudly about their unhappy lot, upset the applecart and voted against the govt in 2016.

    MPs are representatives and not delegates. So get off your arses and show some leadership in being tough on Brexit and tough on its causes. Also stop prattling on about 'respecting' a fraudulent vote which ironically would have been nullified if the referendum had been officially 'binding' but depends on MPs as it was advisory. Thank you so much.
    +1 I agree.
    +1 but we were unable to sell it to the masses that wanted bendy bananas
    Remainer lies were no longer believed by enough people.

    That's part of the issue and the other is that everyone is an individual with their own desires and experiences.

    What the establishment should have done was make membership of the EU work for all the people of this country.

    But they wanted all the benefits for themselves and didn't care if others lost out.
    Remain didn’t lie. Leave did.

    That’s going to be the problem for UK for a generation!
    Remain “I promise to implement the results of the referendum”
    Remain said no such thing. A Tory PM said that possibly.
  • Charles said:

    Please tell me you’re not relying on the National Enquirer to represent anything?
    It's what I'm basing the morning thread on.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936
    edited September 2019

    Charles said:


    Remain “I promise to implement the results of the referendum”

    Remain said no such thing. A Tory PM said that possibly.
    The official remain campaign stated it:

    If Britain opts to leave Europe we will immediately begin negotiations with the European Commission about our exit from the European Union. This vote is irreversible.

    https://www.strongerin.co.uk/the_referendum
  • The_TaxmanThe_Taxman Posts: 2,979
    nichomar said:

    Stephen Twigg, he of course 'owns' the iconic Portillo defeat in 1997. He does not represent a marginal and is standing down but that would be a significant development if he was leaving Labour.

    Can see the Liverpool link but very much below the radar. Top spot if you are right!
    That would make a really good television clip on the news as they would have shown the Portillo moment and then probably add that he might be a symbolic sign of a new radically different political landscape...
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758

    Charles said:

    Please tell me you’re not relying on the National Enquirer to represent anything?
    It's what I'm basing the morning thread on.
    Be careful of libel.

    The NE is fun but rarely has good sources (but they have great lawyers)
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    edited September 2019
    At least five dead, divers sent into the motorway tunnel just half a kilometer up the road to see if anyone is still trapped. Never seen anything like it in my life. It’s raining again
  • RobDRobD Posts: 59,936
    nichomar said:

    At least five dead, divers sent into the motorway tunnel just half a kilometer up the road to see if anyone is still trapped. Never seen anything like it in my life.

    some context?
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    RobD said:

    nichomar said:

    At least five dead, divers sent into the motorway tunnel just half a kilometer up the road to see if anyone is still trapped. Never seen anything like it in my life.

    some context?
    Alicante “gota fria” AP7 should get you there other wise Pilar de la Horadada ap7 or just Alicante or Murcia news
  • Richard_TyndallRichard_Tyndall Posts: 32,570
    edited September 2019

    On our way to Southampton from North Wales today for our cruise tomorrow we encountered ovehead road signs warning that HGV travelling to Europe from the first November will need new documentation

    As we drove through Oxford, passed the huge car plants, lots of HGV's were delivering from across the EU in a vivid demonstration of 'just in time' manufacturng

    In our hotel I read Jo Swinson affirms she will not support Corbyn under any circumstances as he is unfit to be PM and said the same about Boris

    I have backed brexit though I voted remain but unless a deal happens in July I want this madness bringing to a halt with either a referendum or even revoke as supported by Jo

    And I said I would not comment before I return from holiday but Jo's rejection of Corbyn, and the evidence I have witnessed today has prompted me to comment

    Will catch up in early October

    Have a nice holiday! :smile: The news is terrible on a daily basis at the moment, so forget about it and enjoy the moment!
    I intended to do so but it does make it real and we need a deal
    We have a decent deal with the EU, complete with four opt outs (so does Denmark and they don't take leaving seriously).

    Anything since 2016 that's been called a 'deal' is massively worse in the economic consequences for the left-behind people who moaned loudly about their unhappy lot, upset the applecart and voted against the govt in 2016.

    MPs are representatives and not delegates. So get off your arses and show some leadership in being tough on Brexit and tough on its causes. Also stop prattling on about 'respecting' a fraudulent vote which ironically would have been nullified if the referendum had been officially 'binding' but depends on MPs as it was advisory. Thank you so much.
    Still spouting the same old Remoaner bullshit I see. The vote was not fraudulent and you are another sad sack who only likes democracy when you are winning.
    B******s. If I'm a Remoaner, you're a Brexshit but I'm sad that you resort to insulting people who hold different views. It's usually an act of weakness ...

    FWIW I agree with three past PMs who all said that referendums were an abomination. They clash with the UK's type of representative democracy. These people were Clem Attlee, Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher.

    I now understand why they held this view, after a 2016 PM was so stupid as to call a referendum which might clash with a sovereign parliament. It was and is a continuing disaster. Over and out.
    If you resort to outright lies and attacks on basic democracy then I will call you for the lying Remoaner you really are.
  • dyedwooliedyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    Ok the defection rumour guy says several sources, current labour mp, newer intake, surprising but in hindsight inevitable, says no to Kyke, Streeting, Cooper, no comment to suggestions of Jess P and Keir Starmer
  • surbiton19surbiton19 Posts: 1,469

    Ok the defection rumour guy says several sources, current labour mp, newer intake, surprising but in hindsight inevitable, says no to Kyke, Streeting, Cooper, no comment to suggestions of Jess P and Keir Starmer

    Berger. She may have forgotten that she had already defected twice or was it three times !
  • kyf_100kyf_100 Posts: 4,951
    Charles said:

    Remain

    nichomar said:


    Have a nice holiday! :smile: The news is terrible on a daily basis at the moment, so forget about it and enjoy the moment!

    I intended to do so but it does make it real and we need a deal
    We have a decent deal with the EU, complete with four opt outs (so does Denmark and they don't take leaving seriously).

    Anything since 2016 that's been called a 'deal' is massively worse in the economic consequences for the left-behind people who moaned loudly about their unhappy lot, upset the applecart and voted against the govt in 2016.

    MPs are representatives and not delegates. So get off your arses and show some leadership in being tough on Brexit and tough on its causes. Also stop prattling on about 'respecting' a fraudulent vote which ironically would have been nullified if the referendum had been officially 'binding' but depends on MPs as it was advisory. Thank you so much.
    +1 I agree.
    +1 but we were unable to sell it to the masses that wanted bendy bananas
    Remainer lies were no longer believed by enough people.

    That's part of the issue and the other is that everyone is an individual with their own desires and experiences.

    What the establishment should have done was make membership of the EU work for all the people of this country.

    But they wanted all the benefits for themselves and didn't care if others lost out.
    Remain didn’t lie. Leave did.

    That’s going to be the problem for UK for a generation!
    Remain “I promise to implement the results of the referendum”
    Say it louder for the people at the back.

    https://youtu.be/gUsKWsPcRXE?t=70
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483
    Rosie Duffield
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163
    nichomar said:

    kle4 said:

    nichomar said:

    Hilariously, Tim Martin is blaming the establishment for a 19% drop in profits at Wetherspoons. Wonderful stuff!

    https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/15/wetherspoons-profits-drop-19-boss-blaming-remainers-8911577/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.twitter

    i wouldn’t go into one for a piss but if you piss off 48% of your potential customers you get what you deserve. .
    Do most people really know the guy who owns the chain who own the nearby pub hates remainers? I have to remind myself who he is every time he comes up and I'm an obsessed anorak.
    Well he did have all his pint glasses marked with leave.eu so they should have a good idea
    Ah, well, it's been a while since I've been to a wetherspoons and drink lemonade in half pint glasses anyway.
  • dyedwooliedyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    A ha! Canterbury Lib Dems cancelled last night's candidate selection.....
    Rosie Duffield fave to go!
  • The_TaxmanThe_Taxman Posts: 2,979
    edited September 2019
    Liz Kendall? She has a media following due to 'this week'.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483

    A ha! Canterbury Lib Dems cancelled last night's candidate selection.....
    Rosie Duffield fave to go!

    Just beat you but again totally under the radar
  • RecidivistRecidivist Posts: 4,679
    Charles said:

    Remain

    nichomar said:

    On our way to Southampton from North Wales today for our cruise tomorrow we encountered ovehead road signs warning that HGV travelling to Europe from the first November will need new documentation



    In our hotel I read Jo Swinson affirms she will not support Corbyn under any circumstances as he is unfit to be PM and said the same about Boris

    I have backed brexit though I voted remain but unless a deal happens in July I want this madness bringing to a halt with either a referendum or even revoke as supported by Jo

    And I said I would not comment before I return from holiday but Jo's rejection of Corbyn, and the evidence I have witnessed today has prompted me to comment

    Will catch up in early October

    Have a nice holiday! :smile: The news is terrible on a daily basis at the moment, so forget about it and enjoy the moment!
    I intended to do so but it does make it real and we need a deal
    We have a decent deal with the EU, complete with four opt outs (so does Denmark and they don't take leaving seriously).

    Anything since 2016 that's been called a 'deal' is massively worse in the economic consequences for the left-behind people who moaned loudly about their unhappy lot, upset the applecart and voted against the govt in 2016.

    MPs are representatives and not delegates. So get off your arses and show some leadership in being tough on Brexit and tough on its causes. Also stop prattling on about 'respecting' a fraudulent vote which ironically would have been nullified if the referendum had been officially 'binding' but depends on MPs as it was advisory. Thank you so much.
    +1 I agree.
    +1 but we were unable to sell it to the masses that wanted bendy bananas
    Remainer lies were no longer believed by enough people.

    That's part of the issue and the other is that everyone is an individual with their own desires and experiences.

    What the establishment should have done was make membership of the EU work for all the people of this country.

    But they wanted all the benefits for themselves and didn't care if others lost out.
    Remain didn’t lie. Leave did.

    That’s going to be the problem for UK for a generation!
    Remain “I promise to implement the results of the referendum”
    Which they would have done had the leave supporters in the House of Commons not voted against leaving.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163
    Are any senior MPs actually going to campaign for a Labour deal, if they get one?
  • dyedwooliedyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    nichomar said:

    A ha! Canterbury Lib Dems cancelled last night's candidate selection.....
    Rosie Duffield fave to go!

    Just beat you but again totally under the radar
    Yes indeed. Significant because she is of his 2017 intake
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,468
    Canterbury aye. Very interesting.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,152
    Chris said:

    HYUFD said:

    If Boris wins a majority nationally he will easily be re elected in Uxbridge, in fact on UNS Labour would need to win an overall majority to take the seat so I suspect Boris has little to fear whatever current polls say, in fact an anti Brexit Tory candidate could just split the diehard Remainer anti Boris vote

    Are you really so bone-headedly stupid that you can't understand the difference between (1) people who don't want to plunge the country into the lunacy of a No Deal Brexit and (2) "diehard remainers"?
    Be as rude as ever but Leavers do not want further extension by an overwhelming margin and Hillingdon voted Leave
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,616
    kle4 said:

    Are any senior MPs actually going to campaign for a Labour deal, if they get one?
    Labour's position becomes funnier by the day.

    They can only hope the EU puts them out of their misery by saying no more extensions.....
  • The_TaxmanThe_Taxman Posts: 2,979
    edited September 2019

    A ha! Canterbury Lib Dems cancelled last night's candidate selection.....
    Rosie Duffield fave to go!

    That's disappointing! I suppose it ticks some of the boxes. Marginal seat, iconic in that it had been tory for decades.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163

    Charles said:

    Remain

    nichomar said:

    On our way to Southampton from North Wales today for our cruise tomorrow we encountered ovehead road signs warning that HGV travelling to Europe from the first November will need new documentation



    In our hotel I read Jo Swinson affirms she will not support Corbyn under any circumstances as he is unfit to be PM and said the same about Boris

    I have backed brexit though I voted remain but unless a deal happens in July I want this madness bringing to a halt with either a referendum or even revoke as supported by Jo

    And I said I would not comment before I return from holiday but Jo's rejection of Corbyn, and the evidence I have witnessed today has prompted me to comment

    Will catch up in early October

    Have a nice holiday! :smile: The news is terrible on a daily basis at the moment, so forget about it and enjoy the moment!
    I intended to do so but it does make it real and we need a deal
    We much.
    +1 I agree.
    +1 but we were unable to sell it to the masses that wanted bendy bananas
    Remainer lies were no longer believed by enough people.

    That's part of the issue and the other is that everyone is an individual with their own desires and experiences.

    What the establishment should have done was make membership of the EU work for all the people of this country.

    But they wanted all the benefits for themselves and didn't care if others lost out.
    Remain didn’t lie. Leave did.

    That’s going to be the problem for UK for a generation!
    Remain “I promise to implement the results of the referendum”
    Which they would have done had the leave supporters in the House of Commons not voted against leaving.
    The idea that eithe remain or leave MPs are basing their decisions and votes on what the other side are doing is risible. I'm hugely mad at the ERG crowd for their refusal to vote for (this type of) leave, but that doesn't really have any bearing on whether any other MP considered that a deal was or was not worth voting for, they are responsible for their own choices.
  • nichomarnichomar Posts: 7,483

    Canterbury aye. Very interesting.

    Anyway nite nite pray for a quieter one never want to witness anything like last night ever again. 7-10:inches of rain in 10 hours is difficult to comprehend.
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527

    A ha! Canterbury Lib Dems cancelled last night's candidate selection.....
    Rosie Duffield fave to go!

    That's disappointing! I suppose it ticks some of the boxes. Marginal seat, iconic in that it had been tory for decades.
    If so, she would hand the seat back to the Tories.
  • IanB2 said:

    Orpington is more winnable for the LDs than Uxbridge

    Well it is if they can replicate the 1962 byelection...
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,152
    Charles said:

    Please tell me you’re not relying on the National Enquirer to represent anything?
    The latest National Enquirer story is the Duchess of Cambridge has banned Prince Andrew from seeing her kids, sounds a bit dubious to me

    https://twitter.com/NatEnquirer/status/1171516379737911303?s=20


  • FWIW I agree with three past PMs who all said that referendums were an abomination. They clash with the UK's type of representative democracy. These people were Clem Attlee, Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher.

    I now understand why they held this view, after a 2016 PM was so stupid as to call a referendum which might clash with a sovereign parliament. It was and is a continuing disaster. Over and out.

    Be careful what you wish for. One thing is now clear to those of us who wish to leave the EU. The UK cannot leave unless a majority of our MPs want to, and if they don't they won't be guided by a referendum result that says that we should. So the rules of the game have changed, and future referenda can be disregarded and we can be guided solely by parliament.

    However, given that the parties seem to be realigning into two blocs firmly in favour of favour and against Brexit, then at some stage in the future whether it be in 1 month or 10 years time, the former bloc is probably going to gain a majority in parliament. And there will be no need to bother with a referendum, which will speed up the process no end.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,152

    A ha! Canterbury Lib Dems cancelled last night's candidate selection.....
    Rosie Duffield fave to go!

    Canterbury first Tory gain on election night then
  • "Vandals deface British WW2 graves in Netherlands"

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49694653
  • geoffwgeoffw Posts: 8,722
    nichomar said:


    Anyway nite nite pray for a quieter one never want to witness anything like last night ever again. 7-10:inches of rain in 10 hours is difficult to comprehend.

    Best wishes for the gota fría clear up!

  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163
    HYUFD said:
    He should tell the largest faction in his party (although a smaller faction of the MPs).
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163
    HYUFD said:
    The supporting the IRA line didn't work in 2017, it isn't going to work now. Anyone who cares already doesn't support him.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,468
    HYUFD said:

    A ha! Canterbury Lib Dems cancelled last night's candidate selection.....
    Rosie Duffield fave to go!

    Canterbury first Tory gain on election night then
    Who knows? Seems full of metropolitan liberal elite Remainers to me.
  • The_TaxmanThe_Taxman Posts: 2,979
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163
    HYUFD said:

    A ha! Canterbury Lib Dems cancelled last night's candidate selection.....
    Rosie Duffield fave to go!

    Canterbury first Tory gain on election night then
    Canterbury declared around 03:30 last time, when more than half of seats had declared - assuming vaguely similar times, a bit pessimistic aren't you if that's the first gain?

  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,152
    David Cameron 'Johnson and Gove behaved appallingly'.. 'Mr Cameron - who was prime minister between 2010 and 2016 - said Mr Johnson, Mr Gove, Penny Mordaunt and Priti Patel had "left the truth at home" on the referendum campaign trail, especially when it came to immigration.'

    "I think we can get to a situation where we leave but we are friends, neighbours and partners. We can get there, but I would love to fast-forward to that moment because it's painful for the country and it's painful to watch."

    'Speaking about the current prime minister's strategy, Mr Cameron said he "wants him to succeed", but his plan has "morphed into something quite different".
    He said: "Taking the whip from hard-working Conservative MPs and sharp practices using prorogation of Parliament have rebounded.
    "I didn't support either of those things. Neither do I think a no-deal Brexit is a good idea."

    However Cameron had warmer words for his successor as PM, Theresa May praising her for her "phenomenal" work rate and her "ethos of public service", even if he was not unquestioning of her strategy.

    "I remember frequently texting [Mrs May] about the frustration of getting a Brexit deal and then seeing Brexiteers vote it down possibly at the risk of the whole project they had devoted themselves to," said Mr Cameron. "Maddening and infuriating
    "There's an argument that Brexit is just impossible to deliver and no one could have done, and there's an argument that, well, wrong choices were made. This is somewhere in between."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49690618
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163
    HYUFD said:

    David Cameron 'Johnson and Gove behaved appallingly'.. 'Mr Cameron - who was prime minister between 2010 and 2016 - said Mr Johnson, Mr Gove, Penny Mordaunt and Priti Patel had "left the truth at home" on the referendum campaign trail, especially when it came to immigration.'

    "I think we can get to a situation where we leave but we are friends, neighbours and partners. We can get there, but I would love to fast-forward to that moment because it's painful for the country and it's painful to watch."

    'Speaking about the current prime minister's strategy, Mr Cameron said he "wants him to succeed", but his plan has "morphed into something quite different".
    He said: "Taking the whip from hard-working Conservative MPs and sharp practices using prorogation of Parliament have rebounded.
    "I didn't support either of those things. Neither do I think a no-deal Brexit is a good idea."

    However Cameron had warmer words for his successor as PM, Theresa May praising her for her "phenomenal" work rate and her "ethos of public service", even if he was not unquestioning of her strategy.

    "I remember frequently texting [Mrs May] about the frustration of getting a Brexit deal and then seeing Brexiteers vote it down possibly at the risk of the whole project they had devoted themselves to," said Mr Cameron. "Maddening and infuriating
    "There's an argument that Brexit is just impossible to deliver and no one could have done, and there's an argument that, well, wrong choices were made. This is somewhere in between."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49690618

    Dissing Boris and praising May - I assume you think he is not really a Conservative?
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 71,426
    I have read the comments David Cameron made about Michael Gove.

    They are grotesque, unfair and unworthy.

    It makes me wonder, what has Cameron got against wankers?
  • ByronicByronic Posts: 3,578

    Dave hasn’t held back then.

    I expect the juiciest bits are in the headlines (to make people buy it) - I’m more interested in the fully story, from his perspective.

    He's annoyed at the betrayal of Gove, Johnson, Patel, and Mordaunt for trashing their government during the referendum.

    But he's really annoyed at what they've done to the party and the country (specifically No Deal), as a Unionist he's annoyed a lot by those prepared to sacrifice the Union and the peace process for Brexit

    I suspect most members will ignore the advice of the man who is the only Tory to have won a majority in the last 27 years, they'll prefer to denigrate him.
    He, Lost. The. Unloseable. Referendum.

    Why? Because he's arrogant and complacent, and seriously over-rates himself. Never forget he nearly lost indyref too (and with it the Union), because, again, he over-rated himself, and under-rated Salmond and Sturgeon.

    That's a pattern of behaviour. That's what Dave IS: a mediocre politician with serious flaws, who fatally thought "he'd be rather good at being prime minister".

    As it happened he was terribly, terribly bad at being prime minister.

    Eton has a lot to answer for.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,152
    edited September 2019
    kle4 said:

    HYUFD said:

    David Cameron 'Johnson and Gove behaved appallingly'.. 'Mr Cameron - who was prime minister between 2010 and 2016 - said Mr Johnson, Mr Gove, Penny Mordaunt and Priti Patel had "left the truth at home" on the referendum campaign trail, especially when it came to immigration.'

    "I think we can get to a situation where we leave but we are friends, neighbours and partners. We can get there, but I would love to fast-forward to that moment because it's painful for the country and it's painful to watch."

    'Speaking about the current prime minister's strategy, Mr Cameron said he "wants him to succeed", but his plan has "morphed into something quite different".
    He said: "Taking the whip from hard-working Conservative MPs and sharp practices using prorogation of Parliament have rebounded.
    "I didn't support either of those things. Neither do I think a no-deal Brexit is a good idea."

    However Cameron had warmer words for his successor as PM, Theresa May praising her for her "phenomenal" work rate and her "ethos of public service", even if he was not unquestioning of her strategy.

    "I remember frequently texting [Mrs May] about the frustration of getting a Brexit deal and then seeing Brexiteers vote it down possibly at the risk of the whole project they had devoted themselves to," said Mr Cameron. "Maddening and infuriating
    "There's an argument that Brexit is just impossible to deliver and no one could have done, and there's an argument that, well, wrong choices were made. This is somewhere in between."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49690618

    Dissing Boris and praising May - I assume you think he is not really a Conservative?
    Where have I said that? I campaigned in the 2010 general election to get Cameron elected PM, in the 2017 election to get May reelected PM and am now campaigning to get Boris reelected PM.

    For all his faults Cameron did back the Withdrawal Agreement unlike diehard Remainers like Grieve and Greening and Gyimah and Lee.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163
    Byronic said:

    Dave hasn’t held back then.

    I expect the juiciest bits are in the headlines (to make people buy it) - I’m more interested in the fully story, from his perspective.

    He's annoyed at the betrayal of Gove, Johnson, Patel, and Mordaunt for trashing their government during the referendum.

    But he's really annoyed at what they've done to the party and the country (specifically No Deal), as a Unionist he's annoyed a lot by those prepared to sacrifice the Union and the peace process for Brexit

    I suspect most members will ignore the advice of the man who is the only Tory to have won a majority in the last 27 years, they'll prefer to denigrate him.
    He, Lost. The. Unloseable. Referendum.

    Why? Because he's arrogant and complacent, and seriously over-rates himself. Never forget he nearly lost indyref too (and with it the Union), because, again, he over-rated himself, and under-rated Salmond and Sturgeon.

    That's a pattern of behaviour. That's what Dave IS: a mediocre politician with serious flaws, who fatally thought "he'd be rather good at being prime minister".

    As it happened he was terribly, terribly bad at being prime minister.

    Eton has a lot to answer for.
    He lost the EU ref, which is a big deal, but I'd definitely take Coalition PM Cameron over what we have now, and I don't think a single event means everything else is irrelevant. Even Blair, now judged solely on Iraq, does not have his good parts erased.
  • The_TaxmanThe_Taxman Posts: 2,979
    Byronic said:

    Dave hasn’t held back then.

    I expect the juiciest bits are in the headlines (to make people buy it) - I’m more interested in the fully story, from his perspective.

    He's annoyed at the betrayal of Gove, Johnson, Patel, and Mordaunt for trashing their government during the referendum.

    But he's really annoyed at what they've done to the party and the country (specifically No Deal), as a Unionist he's annoyed a lot by those prepared to sacrifice the Union and the peace process for Brexit

    I suspect most members will ignore the advice of the man who is the only Tory to have won a majority in the last 27 years, they'll prefer to denigrate him.
    He, Lost. The. Unloseable. Referendum.

    Why? Because he's arrogant and complacent, and seriously over-rates himself. Never forget he nearly lost indyref too (and with it the Union), because, again, he over-rated himself, and under-rated Salmond and Sturgeon.

    That's a pattern of behaviour. That's what Dave IS: a mediocre politician with serious flaws, who fatally thought "he'd be rather good at being prime minister".

    As it happened he was terribly, terribly bad at being prime minister.

    Eton has a lot to answer for.
    I would rather have David Cameron as PM, than the first rate idiot who currently gets to work in No.10! :wink:
  • solarflaresolarflare Posts: 3,710
    In that picture...is he using the Force to crush the life out of an invisible grape?
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,676
    HYUFD said:
    Dangerous Hero tripe being re hashed

    Good luck with that one. Author is really credible
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,152

    HYUFD said:

    A ha! Canterbury Lib Dems cancelled last night's candidate selection.....
    Rosie Duffield fave to go!

    Canterbury first Tory gain on election night then
    Who knows? Seems full of metropolitan liberal elite Remainers to me.
    Canterbury voted Leave
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,616
    Maybe he doesn't any more - after he discovered it caused him to sing IRA songs.....
  • RecidivistRecidivist Posts: 4,679
    kle4 said:

    Charles said:

    Remain

    nichomar said:

    On our way to Southampton from North Wales today for our cruise tomorrow we encountered ovehead road signs warning that HGV travelling to Europe from the first November will need new documentation



    In our hotel I read Jo Swinson affirms she will not support Corbyn under any circumstances as he is unfit to be PM and said the same about Boris

    I have backed brexit though I voted remain but unless a deal happens in July I want this madness bringing to a halt with either a referendum or even revoke as supported by Jo

    And I said I would not comment before I return from holiday but Jo's rejection of Corbyn, and the evidence I have witnessed today has prompted me to comment

    Will catch up in early October

    Have a nice holiday! :smile: The news is terrible on a daily basis at the moment, so forget about it and enjoy the moment!
    I intended to do so but it does make it real and we need a deal
    We much.
    +1 I agree.
    +1 but we were unable to sell it to the masses that wanted bendy bananas
    Remainer lies were no longer believed by enough people.

    That's part of the issue and the other is that everyone is an individual with their own desires and experiences.

    What the establishment should have done was make membership of the EU work for all the people of this country.

    But they wanted all the benefits for themselves and didn't care if others lost out.
    Remain didn’t lie. Leave did.

    That’s going to be the problem for UK for a generation!
    Remain “I promise to implement the results of the referendum”
    Which they would have done had the leave supporters in the House of Commons not voted against leaving.
    The idea that eithe remain or leave MPs are basing their decisions and votes on what the other side are doing is risible. I'm hugely mad at the ERG crowd for their refusal to vote for (this type of) leave, but that doesn't really have any bearing on whether any other MP considered that a deal was or was not worth voting for, they are responsible for their own choices.
    That wasn't the point I was trying to make. I was simply pointing out that leavers voted against leaving.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,152
    Even I prefer a Deal to No Deal, only those who refuse to back either the Withdrawal Agreement or No Deal are diehard Remainers
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,698
    kle4 said:

    HYUFD said:
    The supporting the IRA line didn't work in 2017, it isn't going to work now. Anyone who cares already doesn't support him.
    Indeed. And worth remembering that anyone under 40 is unlikely to remember much of the Troubles, unless they were directly affected.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 71,426

    Byronic said:

    Dave hasn’t held back then.

    I expect the juiciest bits are in the headlines (to make people buy it) - I’m more interested in the fully story, from his perspective.

    He's annoyed at the betrayal of Gove, Johnson, Patel, and Mordaunt for trashing their government during the referendum.

    But he's really annoyed at what they've done to the party and the country (specifically No Deal), as a Unionist he's annoyed a lot by those prepared to sacrifice the Union and the peace process for Brexit

    I suspect most members will ignore the advice of the man who is the only Tory to have won a majority in the last 27 years, they'll prefer to denigrate him.
    He, Lost. The. Unloseable. Referendum.

    Why? Because he's arrogant and complacent, and seriously over-rates himself. Never forget he nearly lost indyref too (and with it the Union), because, again, he over-rated himself, and under-rated Salmond and Sturgeon.

    That's a pattern of behaviour. That's what Dave IS: a mediocre politician with serious flaws, who fatally thought "he'd be rather good at being prime minister".

    As it happened he was terribly, terribly bad at being prime minister.

    Eton has a lot to answer for.
    I would rather have David Cameron as PM, than the first rate idiot who currently gets to work in No.10! :wink:
    In fairness Johnson is an OE as well so Byronic's argument has some force.
  • ChrisChris Posts: 11,751
    HYUFD said:

    Chris said:

    HYUFD said:

    If Boris wins a majority nationally he will easily be re elected in Uxbridge, in fact on UNS Labour would need to win an overall majority to take the seat so I suspect Boris has little to fear whatever current polls say, in fact an anti Brexit Tory candidate could just split the diehard Remainer anti Boris vote

    Are you really so bone-headedly stupid that you can't understand the difference between (1) people who don't want to plunge the country into the lunacy of a No Deal Brexit and (2) "diehard remainers"?
    Be as rude as ever but Leavers do not want further extension by an overwhelming margin and Hillingdon voted Leave
    Sorry, but your posts are just wilfully stupid, and it's not rude to point that out - just accurate.

    Just listen, and try to think:
    (1) Some people want to leave with No Deal
    (2) Some people want to remain
    (3) But many people who either voted to leave in the first place, or are willing to see the referendum result respected, view leaving without a deal as sheer lunacy.

    So stop your stupid and/or dishonest misrepresentation of those who aren't crazy enough to support No Deal, as "diehard remainers."
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163
    HYUFD said:

    kle4 said:

    HYUFD said:

    David Cameron 'Johnson and Gove behaved appallingly'.. 'Mr Cameron - who was prime minister between 2010 and 2016 - said Mr Johnson, Mr Gove, Penny Mordaunt and Priti Patel had "left the truth at home" on the referendum campaign trail, especially when it came to immigration.'

    "I think we can get to a situation where we leave but we are friends, neighbours and partners. We can get there, but I would love to fast-forward to that moment because it's painful for the country and it's painful to watch."

    'Speaking about the current prime minister's strategy, Mr Cameron said he "wants him to succeed", but his plan has "morphed into something quite different".
    He said: "Taking the whip from hard-working Conservative MPs and sharp practices using prorogation of Parliament have rebounded.
    "I didn't support either of those things. Neither do I think a no-deal Brexit is a good idea."

    However Cameron had warmer words for his successor as PM, Theresa May praising her for her "phenomenal" work rate and her "ethos of public service", even if he was not unquestioning of her strategy.

    "I remember frequently texting [Mrs May] about the frustration of getting a Brexit deal and then seeing Brexiteers vote it down possibly at the risk of the whole project they had devoted themselves to," said Mr Cameron. "Maddening and infuriating
    "There's an argument that Brexit is just impossible to deliver and no one could have done, and there's an argument that, well, wrong choices were made. This is somewhere in between."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49690618

    Dissing Boris and praising May - I assume you think he is not really a Conservative?
    Where have I said that? I campaigned in the 2010 general election to get Cameron elected PM, in the 2017 election to get May reelected PM and am now campaigning to get Boris reelected PM.

    For all his faults Cameron did back the Withdrawal Agreement unlike diehard Remainers like Grieve and Greening and Gyimah and Lee.
    Yes, but you shift on a dime depending on what the Tory policy of the present is, which is why I framed it as a question. Being against no deal, and being against the great Boris, is now enough for you to say MPs should be deselected and indeed kicked out of the party. So why wouldn't I assume it follows that since Cameron doesn't think no deal Brexit is good you would not consider him a Conservative?

    If what the leader does is of no concern to you, you will still back them, I wonder how you can even bring yourself to campaign for them since it logically follows that you don't believe half of what you are saying - Boris fans trash May constantly, insist she was terrible, you cannot genuinely have thought May was great before and now believe she was terrible, so which one do you actually back?
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,478
    HYUFD said:

    Charles said:

    Please tell me you’re not relying on the National Enquirer to represent anything?
    The latest National Enquirer story is the Duchess of Cambridge has banned Prince Andrew from seeing her kids, sounds a bit dubious to me

    https://twitter.com/NatEnquirer/status/1171516379737911303?s=20
    National Enquirer story doubtful??????? Really??????
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 51,883
    edited September 2019
    ydoethur said:

    I have read the comments David Cameron made about Michael Gove.

    They are grotesque, unfair and unworthy.

    It makes me wonder, what has Cameron got against wankers?

    It’s SHITE being a Remainer! We’re the lowest of the low. The scum of the f*cking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the Leavers. I don’t. They’re just w*nkers. We, on the other hand, LOST a referendum TO w*nkers. Can’t even find a decent referendum campaign to lose to. We’re ruled by effete arseholes. It’s a SHITE state of affairs to be in, TSE, and ALL the fresh air in the world won’t make any f*cking difference!
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 71,426

    ydoethur said:

    I have read the comments David Cameron made about Michael Gove.

    They are grotesque, unfair and unworthy.

    It makes me wonder, what has Cameron got against wankers?

    It’s SHITE being a Remainer! We’re the lowest of the low. The scum of the f*cking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the Leavers. I don’t. They’re just w*nkers. We, on the other hand, LOST a referendum TO w*nkers. Can’t even find a decent referendum campaign to lose to. We’re ruled by effete arseholes. It’s a SHITE state of affairs to be in, TSE, and ALL the fresh air in the world won’t make any f*cking difference!
    Again, why are slandering wankers by comparing them to Gove?

    (Furthermore, you were a Leaver!)
  • HYUFD said:

    kle4 said:

    HYUFD said:

    David Cameron 'Johnson and Gove behaved appallingly'.. 'Mr Cameron - who was prime minister between 2010 and 2016 - said Mr Johnson, Mr Gove, Penny Mordaunt and Priti Patel had "left the truth at home" on the referendum campaign trail, especially when it came to immigration.'

    "I think we can get to a situation where we leave but we are friends, neighbours and partners. We can get there, but I would love to fast-forward to that moment because it's painful for the country and it's painful to watch."

    'Speaking about the current prime minister's strategy, Mr Cameron said he "wants him to succeed", but his plan has "morphed into something quite different".
    He said: "Taking the whip from hard-working Conservative MPs and sharp practices using prorogation of Parliament have rebounded.
    "I didn't support either of those things. Neither do I think a no-deal Brexit is a good idea."

    However Cameron had warmer words for his successor as PM, Theresa May praising her for her "phenomenal" work rate and her "ethos of public service", even if he was not unquestioning of her strategy.

    "I remember frequently texting [Mrs May] about the frustration of getting a Brexit deal and then seeing Brexiteers vote it down possibly at the risk of the whole project they had devoted themselves to," said Mr Cameron. "Maddening and infuriating
    "There's an argument that Brexit is just impossible to deliver and no one could have done, and there's an argument that, well, wrong choices were made. This is somewhere in between."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49690618

    Dissing Boris and praising May - I assume you think he is not really a Conservative?
    Where have I said that? I campaigned in the 2010 general election to get Cameron elected PM, in the 2017 election to get May reelected PM and am now campaigning to get Boris reelected PM.

    For all his faults Cameron did back the Withdrawal Agreement unlike diehard Remainers like Grieve and Greening and Gyimah and Lee.
    But you voted REMAIN in 2016! Why didn't you vote LEAVE?
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,478

    The National Labour Party? Thought MacDonald was dead!
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163



    That wasn't the point I was trying to make. I was simply pointing out that leavers voted against leaving.

    Which very few dispute. But the point you made, though you say you were not trying to make, was that Remainers was that Remainers would have implemented the results of the referndum had leave supporters not voted against leaving, since that was the comment you replied to. And it isn't universally true. Many remainers tried that, but hundreds never had any intention of implementing it, and have just been playing for time until it can be reversed.

    That people like Baker and co gave them that opportunity, and get lauded as heroes for it, is maddening.
  • ArtistArtist Posts: 1,893
    edited September 2019
    If Duffield goes, the Labour Canterbury CLP have probably cost the party an MP at the next election.
  • ByronicByronic Posts: 3,578
    kle4 said:

    Byronic said:

    Dave hasn’t held back then.

    I expect the juiciest bits are in the headlines (to make people buy it) - I’m more interested in the fully story, from his perspective.

    He's annoyed at the betrayal of Gove, Johnson, Patel, and Mordaunt for trashing their government during the referendum.

    But he's really annoyed at what they've done to the party and the country (specifically No Deal), as a Unionist he's annoyed a lot by those prepared to sacrifice the Union and the peace process for Brexit

    I suspect most members will ignore the advice of the man who is the only Tory to have won a majority in the last 27 years, they'll prefer to denigrate him.
    He, Lost. The. Unloseable. Referendum.

    Why? Because he's arrogant and complacent, and seriously over-rates himself. Never forget he nearly lost indyref too (and with it the Union), because, again, he over-rated himself, and under-rated Salmond and Sturgeon.

    That's a pattern of behaviour. That's what Dave IS: a mediocre politician with serious flaws, who fatally thought "he'd be rather good at being prime minister".

    As it happened he was terribly, terribly bad at being prime minister.

    Eton has a lot to answer for.
    He lost the EU ref, which is a big deal, but I'd definitely take Coalition PM Cameron over what we have now, and I don't think a single event means everything else is irrelevant. Even Blair, now judged solely on Iraq, does not have his good parts erased.
    Losing the EU ref absolutely extinguishes everything else. What other stuff did he do? Cones hotline? Was that him? I forget.

    And I forget because the error over the referendum was just epochally ginormous. nothing else matters in comparison,

    At least Cameron himself has the self-awareness to admit this, in his BBC interview.
  • Gabs2Gabs2 Posts: 1,268

    HYUFD said:
    Dangerous Hero tripe being re hashed

    Good luck with that one. Author is really credible
    The allegations are entirely credible, given they fit entirely with well documented evidence of support for terrorist outfits by Corbyn and McDonnell. The effort to brush away serious allegations just because other evidence has come out before is what Trump did. It is a stupid argument.

    Corbyn and McDonnell are moral reprobates. Anyone that votes for them has a moral stain on their lives.
  • ChrisChris Posts: 11,751

    In that picture...is he using the Force to crush the life out of an invisible grape?
    Probably just re-enacting the murder of Amy Robsart or something.
  • ChrisChris Posts: 11,751
    Gabs2 said:

    HYUFD said:
    Dangerous Hero tripe being re hashed

    Good luck with that one. Author is really credible
    The allegations are entirely credible, given they fit entirely with well documented evidence of support for terrorist outfits by Corbyn and McDonnell. The effort to brush away serious allegations just because other evidence has come out before is what Trump did. It is a stupid argument.

    Corbyn and McDonnell are moral reprobates. Anyone that votes for them has a moral stain on their lives.
    To the loonies, all things are credible.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 71,426

    HYUFD said:
    Dangerous Hero tripe being re hashed

    Good luck with that one. Author is really credible
    I agree with your first sentence. Corbyn is a bad husband, a liar and a terrorist supporter? If people didn't know that, they haven't been paying attention. And if they haven't paid attention up to now, why would they in future?

    But those facts do go some way towards explaining the otherwise inexplicable fact that he's considerably more hated and distrusted than the utter buffoon currently ruining, oops, running the country.
  • ydoethur said:

    ydoethur said:

    I have read the comments David Cameron made about Michael Gove.

    They are grotesque, unfair and unworthy.

    It makes me wonder, what has Cameron got against wankers?

    It’s SHITE being a Remainer! We’re the lowest of the low. The scum of the f*cking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the Leavers. I don’t. They’re just w*nkers. We, on the other hand, LOST a referendum TO w*nkers. Can’t even find a decent referendum campaign to lose to. We’re ruled by effete arseholes. It’s a SHITE state of affairs to be in, TSE, and ALL the fresh air in the world won’t make any f*cking difference!
    Again, why are slandering wankers by comparing them to Gove?

    (Furthermore, you were a Leaver!)
    BREXITISM = SOCIALISM! :lol:
  • The_TaxmanThe_Taxman Posts: 2,979

    Maybe he doesn't any more - after he discovered it caused him to sing IRA songs.....
    lol - I remember that picture of an IRA funeral pallbearer that some say was Corbyn!

    The problem with the IRA stuff is politicians have worked with them and although Brexit might blow Northern Ireland apart it is not a fraction as bad as the 1960s and 1970s.

  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,152
    Byronic said:

    kle4 said:

    Byronic said:

    Dave hasn’t held back then.

    I expect the juiciest bits are in the headlines (to make people buy it) - I’m more interested in the fully story, from his perspective.

    He's annoyed at the betrayal of Gove, Johnson, Patel, and Mordaunt for trashing their government during the referendum.

    But he's really annoyed at what they've done to the party and the country (specifically No Deal), as a Unionist he's annoyed a lot by those prepared to sacrifice the Union and the peace process for Brexit

    I suspect most members will ignore the advice of the man who is the only Tory to have won a majority in the last 27 years, they'll prefer to denigrate him.
    He, Lost. The. Unloseable. Referendum.

    Why? Because he's arrogant and complacent, and seriously over-rates himself. Never forget he nearly lost indyref too (and with it the Union), because, again, he over-rated himself, and under-rated Salmond and Sturgeon.

    That's a pattern of behaviour. That's what Dave IS: a mediocre politician with serious flaws, who fatally thought "he'd be rather good at being prime minister".

    As it happened he was terribly, terribly bad at being prime minister.

    Eton has a lot to answer for.
    He lost the EU ref, which is a big deal, but I'd definitely take Coalition PM Cameron over what we have now, and I don't think a single event means everything else is irrelevant. Even Blair, now judged solely on Iraq, does not have his good parts erased.
    Losing the EU ref absolutely extinguishes everything else. What other stuff did he do? Cones hotline? Was that him? I forget.

    And I forget because the error over the referendum was just epochally ginormous. nothing else matters in comparison,

    At least Cameron himself has the self-awareness to admit this, in his BBC interview.
    Ironically both Cameron and Blair are probably more popular with the LDs than they are with their own party memberships now, Cameron is defined by leading the losing Remain campaign in the referendum and Blair by invading Iraq despite being reasonable PMs outside that
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 22,131

    In other personal news, today was my last day at work. It's kind of scary really - a big step into the unknown.

    Yes, I recall. It has been a very eventful year for many people: we've had deaths, injuries, even a knife attack. Your case no doubt feels big and scary, but let me assure you mature studentship is not a stupid idea: even if you colossally fuck it up it is the kind of thing that looks good to your next employers, who will be secretly impressed by your daring. There are disadvantages (money!) but as life choices go there are far worse and the potential upside is ginormous. Good luck and I hope you succeed.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 71,426

    ydoethur said:

    ydoethur said:

    I have read the comments David Cameron made about Michael Gove.

    They are grotesque, unfair and unworthy.

    It makes me wonder, what has Cameron got against wankers?

    It’s SHITE being a Remainer! We’re the lowest of the low. The scum of the f*cking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the Leavers. I don’t. They’re just w*nkers. We, on the other hand, LOST a referendum TO w*nkers. Can’t even find a decent referendum campaign to lose to. We’re ruled by effete arseholes. It’s a SHITE state of affairs to be in, TSE, and ALL the fresh air in the world won’t make any f*cking difference!
    Again, why are slandering wankers by comparing them to Gove?

    (Furthermore, you were a Leaver!)
    BREXITISM = SOCIALISM! :lol:
    Oh lor, I've set him off...
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,468
    edited September 2019
    Rosie Duffield was the chair of Canterbury CLP so I assume she was pretty dedicated to the Labour Party. If she’s defecting then she must very disillusioned.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 71,426
    Byronic said:

    kle4 said:

    Byronic said:

    Dave hasn’t held back then.

    I expect the juiciest bits are in the headlines (to make people buy it) - I’m more interested in the fully story, from his perspective.

    He's annoyed at the betrayal of Gove, Johnson, Patel, and Mordaunt for trashing their government during the referendum.

    But he's really annoyed at what they've done to the party and the country (specifically No Deal), as a Unionist he's annoyed a lot by those prepared to sacrifice the Union and the peace process for Brexit

    I suspect most members will ignore the advice of the man who is the only Tory to have won a majority in the last 27 years, they'll prefer to denigrate him.
    He, Lost. The. Unloseable. Referendum.

    Why? Because he's arrogant and complacent, and seriously over-rates himself. Never forget he nearly lost indyref too (and with it the Union), because, again, he over-rated himself, and under-rated Salmond and Sturgeon.

    That's a pattern of behaviour. That's what Dave IS: a mediocre politician with serious flaws, who fatally thought "he'd be rather good at being prime minister".

    As it happened he was terribly, terribly bad at being prime minister.

    Eton has a lot to answer for.
    He lost the EU ref, which is a big deal, but I'd definitely take Coalition PM Cameron over what we have now, and I don't think a single event means everything else is irrelevant. Even Blair, now judged solely on Iraq, does not have his good parts erased.
    Losing the EU ref absolutely extinguishes everything else. What other stuff did he do? Cones hotline? Was that him? I forget
    I think you'll find that's a Major error.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,152
    kle4 said:

    Byronic said:

    Dave hasn’t held back then.

    I expect the juiciest bits are in the headlines (to make people buy it) - I’m more interested in the fully story, from his perspective.

    He's annoyed at the betrayal of Gove, Johnson, Patel, and Mordaunt for trashing their government during the referendum.

    But he's really annoyed at what they've done to the party and the country (specifically No Deal), as a Unionist he's annoyed a lot by those prepared to sacrifice the Union and the peace process for Brexit

    I suspect most members will ignore the advice of the man who is the only Tory to have won a majority in the last 27 years, they'll prefer to denigrate him.
    He, Lost. The. Unloseable. Referendum.

    Why? Because he's arrogant and complacent, and seriously over-rates himself. Never forget he nearly lost indyref too (and with it the Union), because, again, he over-rated himself, and under-rated Salmond and Sturgeon.

    That's a pattern of behaviour. That's what Dave IS: a mediocre politician with serious flaws, who fatally thought "he'd be rather good at being prime minister".

    As it happened he was terribly, terribly bad at being prime minister.

    Eton has a lot to answer for.
    He lost the EU ref, which is a big deal, but I'd definitely take Coalition PM Cameron over what we have now, and I don't think a single event means everything else is irrelevant. Even Blair, now judged solely on Iraq, does not have his good parts erased.
    To be fair to Cameron and Blair they are the only leaders to have won general election majorities for the past 27 years
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 19,468
    viewcode said:

    In other personal news, today was my last day at work. It's kind of scary really - a big step into the unknown.

    Yes, I recall. It has been a very eventful year for many people: we've had deaths, injuries, even a knife attack. Your case no doubt feels big and scary, but let me assure you mature studentship is not a stupid idea: even if you colossally fuck it up it is the kind of thing that looks good to your next employers, who will be secretly impressed by your daring. There are disadvantages (money!) but as life choices go there are far worse and the potential upside is ginormous. Good luck and I hope you succeed.
    Thank you very much for your kind words of wisdom. I look forward to it with apprehension!
  • HYUFD said:

    Even I prefer a Deal to No Deal, only those who refuse to back either the Withdrawal Agreement or No Deal are diehard Remainers
    But you don't prefer a deal in January to No Deal now.
  • HYUFDHYUFD Posts: 123,152
    Chris said:

    HYUFD said:

    Chris said:

    HYUFD said:

    If Boris wins a majority nationally he will easily be re elected in Uxbridge, in fact on UNS Labour would need to win an overall majority to take the seat so I suspect Boris has little to fear whatever current polls say, in fact an anti Brexit Tory candidate could just split the diehard Remainer anti Boris vote

    Are you really so bone-headedly stupid that you can't understand the difference between (1) people who don't want to plunge the country into the lunacy of a No Deal Brexit and (2) "diehard remainers"?
    Be as rude as ever but Leavers do not want further extension by an overwhelming margin and Hillingdon voted Leave
    Sorry, but your posts are just wilfully stupid, and it's not rude to point that out - just accurate.

    Just listen, and try to think:
    (1) Some people want to leave with No Deal
    (2) Some people want to remain
    (3) But many people who either voted to leave in the first place, or are willing to see the referendum result respected, view leaving without a deal as sheer lunacy.

    So stop your stupid and/or dishonest misrepresentation of those who aren't crazy enough to support No Deal, as "diehard remainers."
    If they also voted down the Withdrawal Agreement they are diehard Remainers
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,698
    edited September 2019

    A ha! Canterbury Lib Dems cancelled last night's candidate selection.....
    Rosie Duffield fave to go!

    Help me here - what does this mean?

    Edit: Ignore that (ah, I see you did already) - other posts have made this clear - Lab MP expected to defect.
  • HYUFD said:

    Even I prefer a Deal to No Deal, only those who refuse to back either the Withdrawal Agreement or No Deal are diehard Remainers
    Many ostensible Conservative Remainer "backers" of May's approach to Brexit were quite happy to for her to surrender at every turn to the EU. They knew that it would mean that what came before parliament had no chance and that when it failed it would inevitably fuel demands for the UK to vote again. They then sabotaged the attempts of the Johnson government to gain leverage to negotiate something better.

    You should include them in your definition of diehard Remainers. The likes of Hammond, for example.
  • stodgestodge Posts: 13,900
    HYUFD said:



    Ironically both Cameron and Blair are probably more popular with the LDs than they are with their own party memberships now, Cameron is defined by leading the losing Remain campaign in the referendum and Blair by invading Iraq despite being reasonable PMs outside that

    You can be assured Blair has few friends in the LDs when it comes to Iraq. That was, as I recall, a policy the Conservatives enthusiastically supported under IDS in 2003-4. Perhaps it's the Conservatives who are the friends of Blair.

  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163
    Byronic said:


    Losing the EU ref absolutely extinguishes everything else. What other stuff did he do? Cones hotline? Was that him? I forget.

    And I forget because the error over the referendum was just epochally ginormous. nothing else matters in comparison,

    At least Cameron himself has the self-awareness to admit this, in his BBC interview.

    It doesn't matter if he admits it himself or not. People are remembered for epochal moments, but that is not all they are. If he was good, great or crappy as a PM generally that is worthwhile to know, rather than pretend that single things, however massively important, are the only things that matter. Was the country made a better place during the premierships of Camron, Blair, Thatcher and all the rest? Even if they had a dull premiership of staying the course with nothing memorable, that in itself might be an achievement. While memories are fresh and passions high of course the only things people care about are the big things, the big failures, but an unmemorable period of competency before a big failure would be a good premiership compared to one of complete chaos and uselessness.

    It's just plain laziness to write off any PM based off single things, however important. It's worth considering all they did, including governing boringly but stably, and it might well be still conclude the big failure exceeds that. But a belched out 'dat person is a loser/evil, end of' is not being decisive, it's taking the easy route of not thinking about it, and proudly so.

    I imagine history will be quite unkind on Cameron and his legacy because of Brexit. But what it won't do is ignore everything that came before, good bad or dull. It's important context for one thing.
  • HYUFD said:

    Chris said:

    HYUFD said:

    Chris said:

    HYUFD said:

    If Boris wins a majority nationally he will easily be re elected in Uxbridge, in fact on UNS Labour would need to win an overall majority to take the seat so I suspect Boris has little to fear whatever current polls say, in fact an anti Brexit Tory candidate could just split the diehard Remainer anti Boris vote

    Are you really so bone-headedly stupid that you can't understand the difference between (1) people who don't want to plunge the country into the lunacy of a No Deal Brexit and (2) "diehard remainers"?
    Be as rude as ever but Leavers do not want further extension by an overwhelming margin and Hillingdon voted Leave
    Sorry, but your posts are just wilfully stupid, and it's not rude to point that out - just accurate.

    Just listen, and try to think:
    (1) Some people want to leave with No Deal
    (2) Some people want to remain
    (3) But many people who either voted to leave in the first place, or are willing to see the referendum result respected, view leaving without a deal as sheer lunacy.

    So stop your stupid and/or dishonest misrepresentation of those who aren't crazy enough to support No Deal, as "diehard remainers."
    If they also voted down the Withdrawal Agreement they are diehard Remainers
    But you didn't vote LEAVE in 2016!
  • There are already energetic and high profile Labour and Lib Dem PPCs catfighting over who is the best challenger to Boris in Uxbridge. I strongly suspect all they'll do is suck inexperienced Momentum and FBPE activists away from much more winnable seats and breed resentment amongst middle class voters by not understanding canvassing.

    So what would a rebel Remainer Tory trying to suicide bomb Boris add to that mix ? Absolutely nothing from his left they'll just split the vote. The space for an extra candidate from the Brexit Betrayal right.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,163
    Gabs2 said:

    HYUFD said:
    Dangerous Hero tripe being re hashed

    Good luck with that one. Author is really credible
    The allegations are entirely credible, given they fit entirely with well documented evidence of support for terrorist outfits by Corbyn and McDonnell. The effort to brush away serious allegations just because other evidence has come out before is what Trump did. It is a stupid argument.

    Corbyn and McDonnell are moral reprobates. Anyone that votes for them has a moral stain on their lives.
    12-13 million people have moral stains then. We really are screwed!
  • ChrisChris Posts: 11,751

    Maybe he doesn't any more - after he discovered it caused him to sing IRA songs.....
    lol - I remember that picture of an IRA funeral pallbearer that some say was Corbyn!

    The problem with the IRA stuff is politicians have worked with them ...
    For heaven's sake, "IRA songs" could mean almost anything, from "Danny Boy" onwards.

    Desperate stuff.
  • BenpointerBenpointer Posts: 34,698
    ydoethur said:

    ydoethur said:

    ydoethur said:

    I have read the comments David Cameron made about Michael Gove.

    They are grotesque, unfair and unworthy.

    It makes me wonder, what has Cameron got against wankers?

    It’s SHITE being a Remainer! We’re the lowest of the low. The scum of the f*cking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the Leavers. I don’t. They’re just w*nkers. We, on the other hand, LOST a referendum TO w*nkers. Can’t even find a decent referendum campaign to lose to. We’re ruled by effete arseholes. It’s a SHITE state of affairs to be in, TSE, and ALL the fresh air in the world won’t make any f*cking difference!
    Again, why are slandering wankers by comparing them to Gove?

    (Furthermore, you were a Leaver!)
    BREXITISM = SOCIALISM! :lol:
    Oh lor, I've set him off...
    Just don't ask him for a graph that provies it.
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